Bose SoundLink Plus review: here’s your new beach speaker

I've been investigating the $269 Bose SoundLink Plus, which is the company's latest portable Bluetooth speaker. It's durable, attractive, and designed to articulation you wherever you go, acknowledgment to coagulated operation and an IP67 rating. You tin flip it successful a tiny backpack oregon clip it to the extracurricular of 1 for casual transport to the formation oregon astir town.

However, astatine $269, the Plus falls into a nary man's onshore of Bluetooth speakers. It's much costly than likewise sized competitors, including the JBL Charge 6, Sony ULT Field 3, and Sonos Roam 2, which each outgo $200 oregon less. The Plus is besides astir $100 cheaper than somewhat larger options with much expansive features, similar stereo speakers, Wi-Fi, oregon astute adjunct integration. What it does, it does precise well, but there's small that makes it basal retired from the pack.

Bose SoundLink Plus

Score: 7

ProsCons

Impressive, large sound Rugged, durable plan with IP67 rating Can complaint devices via the USB-C port	No wired audio support No Wi-Fi oregon AirPlay Some distortion astatine precocious volumes

Where to Buy:

• $269 astatine Amazon
• $269 astatine Bose
• $269 astatine Best Buy

The SoundLink Plus is simply a mono talker with a tweeter, 4 passive radiators, and a rear-facing subwoofer, which is expe …

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